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INDEPENDENCE MONITOR
"THE PAPER THAT EVERYBODY READS"
VOL.6
INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1917
NO. 7
THE RHYMING SUMMARIST
"What are you crying for my lad,
When you should be singing?"
"I have to go to school agin,
The dern old bell is ringing;"
Alas! 'tis true that school's "took up,"
But here is what menaces,
For every day,
The sand and clay
- Must come oft their faces.
The boy who studies very hard
And does the best he can,
Why, some day he'll grow up
And get to be a man;
Then when he is a big grown-up
And it is quite a feature,
It he's brave
And well behave,
He may kiss the teacher
We have Hooverized so much
That we are getting lank,
There's tooth picks on the table
And water in the tank;
Since Mr. Hoover put on the lid,
Most 0 is in the pickings,
When hunger squirms
We scratch for worms
With the neighbor's chickens.
Sadie says she lives on rice
Fried in a little tallow,
But the bloom is going from her cheeks
And she is looking sallow;
e do not know what the end will be,
Much less where we're going, .
But ham and eggs
And chicken legs
Wouldtastedamngood,we're knowing.
CAPTURED GUN AIDS RECRUITING
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Mret used against the Frenc h In t!.e r.mrdi t.iv.a;,! i .ma. . aptured and
turned 00 the Teuton, thin gun U unw in Auu n 1 aid i.s In attracting recruit.
"It is estimated that the profits of the U. S.
Steel Corporation for the year 1917 will rise
to the unprecedented figure of five hundred
millions" declares Senator Chas. L. McNarv
in a statement published on Page3ofthfs
Monitor.
CIVIC LEAGUE
The Civic League met at the
Moose hall Tuesday afternoon
and completed plans for the
year's work. The work as out
lined will embrace a wide and
interesting field of study besides
the regular civic betterment that
the League means to continue
and keep on the alert to help
the deserving needy. Much in
terest and enthusiasm is being
shown in the plans for the com
ing year and an especial effort
will be made to co-ordinate the
year's work to the needs of the
times. 'Ihe town as a whole
should feel grateful to the
League's president, Mrs. K. C.
Eldridge, for working as earnest
ly and untiringly with the Boys'
industrial tiub to encourage
them to "hold out faithful unto
the end". Each young man now
has a nice crop to harvest. Boy
who planted beans will each rea
lize about 30 pounds. Those
who planted corn had enough
for their famines' table use dur
ing the 'late summer and fall
and still have enough to keep
their chickens all winter. Those
who devoted their time to pota
toes have considerable more than
enough to supply their families
the coming year. Mr. Hirsch
berg furnished the seed potatoes,
and had the directions for cutting
them been complied with, there
would have been sufficient, but
the boys became so generous
with the seed spuds that they
failed to go 'round, and Mrs,
tildridge kindly donated seed
potatoes to the little farmer who
was late for the first helping
The club also raised more than
enough potatoes to supply the
soup kitchen at the training
school all winter, which will be
of considerable value.
The next meeting of the Civic
League will be October 9.
WILLIAM D. MILLEK
William Davis Miller died at
his home in Independence on
Friday. Sept. 21. at the age of
71 years. He had been a resi
dent of Independence for ten
years and made a large number
of friends. Besides his wife, he
is survived by the following chil
dren, T. 0. of Shaniko, Mrs. A.
Canfield of Maupin, Mrs. J.
Crowley of Independence. G. W.
and J. E. of Criterion, Mrs. W.
A. Sloper of Independence, Mrs.
Hooker of Crow, Mrs. A. B.
Smith of Independence and J.
A. Miller, the latter a soldier
boy now stationed at Fort Davis,
Alaska.
The funeral services were held
at Scio Sunday And interment
was made in a cemetery near
there.
CIRCUITCOURT MONDAY
Circuit court convenes at Dal
las Monday afternoon with Judge
Belt presiding.
The damage suit of Frances J.
Hatch, administratrix of the
estate of Cyrus S. Hatch, vs.
Weldon L. Black is the most im
portant civil case on the docket
Hatch was killed when run down
by an automobile driven by
Black on the streets of Dallas.
A former jury found for Black,
but Judge Belt set aside the ver
dict and ordered a retrial.
Cases called for Wednesday:
L. M. Boyer vs. Joe Brown,
appeal from justice court; Adrian
Kemp vs. C. E. Burroughs,
damages.
The grand jury may or may
not return several criminal indictments.
WAR LIBRARY FUND
All persons desiring to con
tribute to the "War Library
Fund" are requested to leave
their donation at the city library
this week. The ladies in charge
of this campaign will make their
canvas tomorrow or Monday.
Books as well as money will be
received if they are in first-class
condition and are of the kind
desired.
THE SOCIAL WHIRL
The S. S. Club met at the
library Monday evening and
gave a "line party" at the Isis
for Mrs. E. N. Johnson. They
also presented her with a birth
day remembrance.
THE POLK COUNTY FAIR
From all reports, the Polk County Fair this
year was a good one and well worth the price of
admission. The exhibits and attractions were ex
cellent, the speakers were interesting and the
musical numbers entertaining. It is said also
that the attendance was large, tho the county fair
competes with the state fair and hundreds of
people do not attend the county fair simply be
cause they do not have the time, or the price, to
attend two fairs at about the same time and
naturally prefer the larger one.
The Polk County Fair is all right butand we
want to emphpsize the "but" it costs too much
of the taxpayers' money. The gate receipts and
donations from those concerns which derive finan
cial benefit from the fair should "pay the freight"
instead of the taxpayer.
THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT
The route of the proposed West
Side Highway thru Polk county
is still bothering the State High
way Commission, tho several
days ago it voted 2 to 1 for the
Ballston-Dallas way. Mr. Ben-
whom favor the short route. The
matter was threshed out over
again at Portland Monday night
with delegates from several
towns present. H. Hirschberg
and Dr. 0. D. Butler represented
Mr. and Mrs. George Conkey
entertained the Crab Club last
Friday evening. After the din
ner hour the ladies busied them
selves with Red Cross work.
BAKERY SOLD
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The Independence bakery was
sold last week by F. C. Boden
hamer to C. A. Lochridge who
took possession last Monday.
Bodenhamer and Covey will con
duct a similar business in Salem,
Mr. Bodenhamer moving there
the first of the week. Independ
ence greatly regrets losing the
Bodenhamer family. Mr. Covey
will not go for several weeks.
STORE ROBBED
The store of J. M. Larsen at
Suver was robbed of $100 worth
of shoes some time between
Saturday night and Monday
morning.
MYSTERY DEEPENS
Search is being made for James
Bibby, a Garibaldi fish dealer,
who disappeared about two
weeks ago, it being surmised
that he may know something
abcit the disappearance of E. R.
Viers and Mrs. W. A. Graham of
Dallas, reported drowned in
Tillamook bay.
It is claimed that the box which
contained a note supposed to
have been written by the young
woman, while the boat was sink
ing, never was in saltwater.
SCHOOLS BEGIN
The Independence schools be
gan Monday morning, - both
teachers and pupils showing
much enthusiasm. A very suc
cessful year is anticipated.
As most of the county schools
are also going, "dull youth every
where is being sharpened".
ONLY SIX MALES
The total enrollment at the
Normal this year is 273 of which
number but six are young men.
This is a decrease of one hundred
over last year. School com
menced Tuesday.
son, who voted in the negative, Independence. Citizens of Mc
and in favor of the straight line j Minn ville went on record as fa
McMinnville to Monmouth thru , voring the short route. State
Amity and McCoy, contends that ( Senator Hawley declared that
if the "long" way is adopted j the adoption of the Ballston
that the West Side drive will be route was "not keeping faith
only of local value and the state with the people of the Btate or
should pave the East Side first ( Polk and Benton counties".
This announcement raised the ire; Under the law the route must
of the West Siders, most of go thru Dallas.
ALL INVITED
The president and faculty of
the Oregon Normal School invite
the citizens of Monmouth, Inde
pendence and rural school cen
ters and the students of the
Oregon Normal to a reception
given in taeir honor at the train
ing school building in Monmouth
on Saturday, September the 29,
at 8 o'clock.
V. a S. WORKING
The Valley & Siletz has two
crews of men ballasting the track
between Independence and the
Luckiamute. Work within the
city limits is scheduled for next
week.
CONSTITUTIONAL I
It is a woman's privilege to
wear short-sleeved dresses If she
want to. The constitution of the
United States says that the right
to bear arms shall not be in
fringed. Portland News.
WHEAT $2.05
A price of $2.05 for
wheat, in Portland has
been officially set by the
government.
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Min Hohenzollarn Gott it Pruuia,
Now com long- through today.
Dl bartnerihip of "Me und Gott"--(Now
you hear m vot Iaay)
If you don't help Ma liek done Yankaet
disaolv It ride afiy.
- William Pepoun.
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MAS AIR MOTOR
THAT BEATS 'EM ALL
KierU of the ariuy, navy and
other branolipa of the govern
ment who have been working
nlKht and day toiwrfect the moat
powerful alrpltiue motor ever de
vlm'd have aiKTeeded.
The lltwrty motor liaa alood
the teat. It la an ailnptatlon on a
niBKtiltied acale of the prliu'lplea
underlying other motor, Imt la
ao roiiatmcted that It develop a
greater horaepower In a Mahler
me hHiilitm than anythlnu here
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that ran )m aald I the motor tut it
proved that It eau drive an air
plane foxier than one waa ever
driven before, A a apeed In the
vital reipilxlte to MUpremacy of
the air, the linportunce of the
new motor la appiirent.
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that the parta nn lie alandurd
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duplicate may he turned out by
the thotiHunda In automobile
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feet behind the battle line to haul munition
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